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Counterpoint: RoS is infinitely more rewatchable than AotC.
Counterpoint: RoS is infinitely more rewatchable than AotC.
On that note, Solo is an ultimately great movie whose major sin is being overeager to explain things that no one needed explained, but which has good to great characters, amazing set pieces, and a main lead that gets unfairly maligned for not being Young Harrison Ford.
but being Young Harrison Ford was the brief for the job!!
It's not that Alden Ehrenreich was terrible; it's that he was just blandly fine and every other major character in the film was more interesting than him. This is a major flaw when the film is named after him and he's supposed to be a veritable fountain of charisma!
There are great set pieces, Young Lando is a fucking delight, I enjoyed Kira. It's fine! I enjoyed seeing it on a movie date with the pup. I then forgot the majority of the content of the movie within literally hours.
Fuck the Kylo Ren redemption arc in general, and that fucking kiss in particular.
Now don't start this again
Kylo should have ended the movie serving penitence on Ahch-To under the judgmental gaze of the fish nuns
But honestly what bugs me most about TROS is:
MAJOR
-Blatantly sidelining Rose in response to racist "fan" whinging
-Not giving Finn the FO stormtrooper rebellion leadership role he clearly should have had
MINOR
-Ion cannons don't fire like that
-TIE/ln fighters do not have hyperdrives
The prequel trilogy is good.
-TIE/ln fighters do not have hyperdrives